Florida Makes 2010 College World Series

The Florida Gators are the first team in the 2010 College World Series. Seven teams will join Florida in the 2010 College World Series, and they will all play for the 2010 Baseball National Championship starting next Saturday. Florida came into the 2010 NCAA Baseball Championships as the No. 3 seed playing out of the Gainesville Regional and Super Regional. Now Florida will get the chance to compete against the best college baseball has to offer this year in the 2010 College World Series. The rest of the field will be decided on Sunday and Monday, as the first three Super Regionals are tied at 1-1, and the other brackets Super Regionals head to Game 2 on Sunday afternoon.

Florida was able to defeat Miami in two games, winning 7-2 on Friday in Game 1 and then 4-3 on Saturday in Game 2. Now Florida has to wait for the other Super Regionals to be completed before knowing their next opponent, but with the top two teams still alive, it looks like they could probably be the No. 3 seed in the College World Series. Ending up as the No. 3 seed means that they would be placed in bracket two, and would get to play their first game of the 2010 College World Series on Sunday, June 20th. That game is set for 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on ESPN as well as ESPN3.com. Seeded No. 3 in the College World Series would have them playing the No. 6 seed. If either Arizona State or Texas (or both) lose their Super Regionals, it would bump up the seed that Florida receives.

The 2010 College Baseball World Series is going to be a double-elimination style tournament, where a school has to lose two games before they are sent packing. The full College World Series schedule will be played out from Saturday, June 19th until Game 3 of the Championship Series on Wednesday, June 30th. Should Florida advance through their bracket to the championship set, they will play a three game series beginning on Monday, June 28th against the winner of the other bracket. It will again be a three-game-series, with the first team to two wins taking home the 2010 College Baseball National title. All games in the 2010 College World Series will be shown on either ESPN or ESPN2, allowing fans to watch the plights of all eight teams as they are carried out.

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